Everything you need to know about the Issey Miyake Sample Sale in New York, 2026! Plus, what we bought with prices. A couple of weeks ago, we heard through Arlettie...
Perhaps most interesting is the dialogue of Maria Blaisse x Issey Miyake. Maria Blaisse worked with Issey Miyake on incredibly structural hats for the runway.
And while Miyake may have "retired" from the active fashion world in 1997, he continues to oversee the overall direction of all lines created by his company, with individual lines designed by his staff. For the spring 2020 collection, however, the new appointed design director Satoshi Kondo has brought a fresh new life into the brand, solidifying it as one of the most exciting labels to watch for 2020.
He started with the idea of linking the east with the west in his fashion designs, and has continued with that idea in mind, still till this day--though the cult pieces seen on the runway are now designed by a team, rather than Miyake directly.